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An email shows Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf ordered investigators to remove any reference to Joe Biden from a search warrant.

House Republicans demand Attorney General Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s top law enforcement officer, provide answers as to why the Justice Department (DOJ) agreed to a plea deal with Hunter Biden that was “not standard” and “different” from what the judge normally sees.

Stephen Lamar, head of the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA), told a session of the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade on Thursday that import bans on products from China’s Xinjiang province could “wreak havoc” on supply chains.

The House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing Thursday on how the tax code allegedly “subsidizes hate.”

President Trump has filed a civil lawsuit to prevent the House Ways and Means Committee from obtaining his tax returns from New York state officials. 

Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) said Wednesday during a House Ways and Means hearing on universal health coverage that he was concerned about the lack of “pay-fors” in Medicare for All.

On Saturday’s “CNN Newsroom,” House Ways and Means Committee member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) stated that if President Trump’s tax returns aren’t turned over, the committee “should consider” using its inherent contempt power, and “explore contracting with area correctional institutions,” to

“Once this Pandora’s box is opened, the ensuing tit-for-tat will do lasting damage to our nation,” the president’s lawyer said

The Democrat-controlled House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee is holding a hearing on Thursday to look at a bill that would require President Trump to release his tax returns.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) were dealt blows this week after failing to secure seats on powerful House committees despite a push from progressive groups.

Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has yet to be sworn in as New York 14th District’s Representative in the House, but she is already lobbying to be seated on some of the most powerful committees in that chamber.

President Donald Trump praised the tax bill released by House Republicans, calling it a “historic” moment for American families and urged Congress to pass it by Christmas.

House Republicans delayed the release of their tax bill Tuesday night, a sign that the GOP leaders still have not resolved disputes between its members over tax breakers and how to pay for tax cuts.

The chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review evidence that Lois Lerner “broke the law to target Americans for their political beliefs.” The request comes after the DOJ refused, under the Obama Administration’s leadership, to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by the former IRS Exempt Organizations Division director.

The House Ways and Means Committee’s 23-16 passage of the American Health Care Act gave Speaker Paul Ryan (R.-Wis.) a huge victory shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday, closing out more than 15 hours of testimony, amendment votes, and remarks by members of the committee.

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee told Breitbart News the new Border Adjustment Tax is the way for Capitol Hill conservatives to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to reform the tax code and reverse American trade disadvantages,

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee told Breitbart News he supports President Donald Trump’s promise to repeal the Johnson Amendment, a gag rule on certain non-profit and religious entities tying their non-profit status to their abstaining from political speech.

Two key congressional leaders told Breitbart Texas the federal government should reimburse the Lone Star State for border security expenditures. The comments from two committee chairmen follows a request from Texas House Republican leadership requesting reimbursement of $2.8 billion spent by the state on defending the state’s southern border with Mexico.

GOP Rep. Renee Ellmers and Rep. George Holding are facing a winner-take-all June 7 primary for the GOP nomination in North Carolina’s 2nd congressional District — and conservatives are rallying to defeat Ellmers.

The New York Times reports on a secret meeting from 2014, exposed thanks to sworn testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, at which a vanload of IRS officials were told to stifle their complaints about billions of dollars in flagrantly illegal ObamaCare funding.

A Kentucky congressman gave Americans a rare peek into how posh committee assignments are handed out in the People’s House.

In an apparent attempt at winning back the hearts of conservative voters, the Republican representatives are making cuts in their proposed budget for next year. Those cuts include cutting Obamacare and IRS tax credits for the children of illegal aliens.

Judicial Watch notes that a lawsuit to squeeze documents about the targeting of individuals for audits out of the IRS was unsuccessful, even though a previous FOIA suit forced the agency to admit it was indeed keeping lists of individual donors to Tea Party and other conservative groups, for use in some sort of “secret research project,” even though IRS officials admitted “such information was not needed.”